by Around Concord Admin | Oct 17, 2023 | History, In Print
“Rosie the Riveter” was the archetype for American women stepping into jobs once held by men during World War II. But few real-life women demonstrated that a female could do a man’s job any better than the “Lumber Jills” of Turkey Pond. The great hurricane of...
by JAMES W. SPAIN | Oct 17, 2023 | In Print, Poetry
His heart ran out of autumns, he lived his last day, Octobers are now melancholy, in a very special way. Seasons bring back memories, especially the seasons he did love, the arrival of the killing frost, memories of harvest time now just above. Sometimes I wonder, and...
by MICHAELA TOWFIGHI | Jul 12, 2023 | In Print, Sports & Rec
Weddings, birthdays, children’s births, family member’s deaths – the running group out of Runner’s Alley in Concord is there for it all. When Brigitte Gray, the store manager, got married in 2021, members of the running group were there. A running friend, whose family...
by Geoff Forester | Jul 12, 2023 | History, In Print
Nestled along 210 acres across from New Hampshire’s second largest lake, the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center in Holderness is a sprawling collection of fields, forests and wetlands teeming with wildlife from the natural world. The animals on display at the center...
by ALLIE GINWALA | Jul 12, 2023 | Home & Garden, In Print, Life & Leisure
For Xochiquetzal Berry, life and work are centered around food. A food systems specialist and certified permaculture designer, she’s passionate about helping other food-loving folks develop a resilient, equitable, and vibrant regional food system. She’s also the...
by DAVID BROOKS | Jul 12, 2023 | In Print, Sports & Rec
Thanks to the White Mountains, New Hampshire is famous as a place to take long walks going almost straight uphill. But increasingly it is also a great place to take long walks on the straight and narrow. “A lot of people have trouble doing the 4,000-footers, all those...
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